Diana Clement: Better to be a lucky monkey on KiwiSaver front
Could a monkey do a better job at investing than your KiwiSaver manager? The answer may surprise you.
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David Jenkins: KiwiSaver must avoid Oz pitfalls
This month's sixth anniversary of KiwiSaver has been celebrated by industry players and financial commentators, and with some justification.
AMP balks at transtasman super deal
A major Australian superannuation fund provider is refusing to let Kiwis bring their retirement savings home - despite a government deal being struck.
Bankrupt put up in home by employer
Jamie Peters was put up in a $1200&-a-week Remuera house by a company that almost a year earlier had cancelled the bankrupt property developer's employment agreement.
Peter Neilson: Discussion needed around future retirement incomes
We need to be as clever as clever now and forever to get our savings scheme working to meet New Zealand's next boom, writes Peter Neilson.
Bankruptcy court told of boat sale proceeds
More than $300,000 from the sale of a $2 million luxury yacht ended up with a company directed by his father-in-law, a court heard yesterday.
Bankruptcy battle in court
A former rich-lister is back at the High Court today, fighting to be discharged from bankruptcy - one of 24 the Official Assignee has objected to releasing.
Kiwi living Las Vegas lifestyle
A Bankrupt Kiwi property developer is still living in a 660sq m Las Vegas home despite defaulting on its $2.8 million mortgage four years ago.
Retailers keep up push to tax online sales
One of the country's main bicycle retailers says stores will go out of business unless the Government finds a way to charge GST on overseas online purchases.
Gareth Morgan: Bold tax treatment of housing needed to end the bubble
NZ's current tax system doesn't stack up as either fair or efficient because it doesn't tax the full benefits provided by housing and other types of wealth, writes Gareth Morgan.
Helen Twose: Seek advice on bringing savings home
Consider all the options and various tax laws before sending any money back to a KiwiSaver scheme in New Zealand.
Mary Holm: Calculating right time to pay off mortgage
Mary Holm answers questions on finding the best time to pay off your mortgage. Can you pay it off too early? What should you aim for?
Diana Clement: KiwiSaver can open door to a first home
Great news this week. Nearly 11,000 people have used their KiwiSaver accounts in the past year to buy a first home.
Accountant's free tax advice rebuked
An accountant has been rapped over the knuckles and fined for helping family members with their tax returns without holding the necessary qualifications.
Inside Money: Recent publications - briefings from the regulatory perimeter
The Financial Markets Authority has been in publication overdrive this last week or so, spewing forth on a range of topics.
More men make use of subsidy
More men than women have used KiwiSaver housing grants to help buy their first home despite thousands more women being signed up to the scheme.
Home-buyers' Kiwisaver boost
The number of first-home buyers using KiwiSaver savings to get a deposit on a house has almost doubled in the past year as the scheme turns six.
Investor fails to overthrow Trinity tax decision
An attempt by an investor in the Trinity forestry scheme to set aside a nine-year-old tax avoidance ruling has been dismissed.
Kiwibank on FMA target: 'It ain't us'
Kiwibank says it is not one of the two KiwiSaver issuers pulled up by the Financial Markets Authority for potentially misleading statements in offer documents.